OSHA and other regs

,,, you could always call OSHA and ask them; I'm sure they'd be able to answer your questions...

Agree. That's part of the reason they're there.

The OSHA folks dropped by our hospital one evening and charged our hospital $1,500.00 for every coffee cup they found in the nurse's stations. It's a violation to consume food or drinks where body fluid specimens can be found. I assure you, our hospital took safety to the exponential degrees after that!!!!! And this happened in the early 1990's... I wonder what the price of a coffee cup is going for these days?

:rotfl:

I'll bet your place would care if they could be charged fines for electrical/fire safety hazards, etc.

The older I get the less surprised I am by slacker management goofballs.

Big sigh

I too am amazed at how management can continually break osha regs and and other regs and just keep on going. I'd be scared to death. They would build a new jail just for me - jeepers.

Thanks to everyone for the advice - I do think I need to call. It's terrible around there. People let their kids (and their friends) and other family members hang out in their offices with access to the patient's personal files and records. Like I said it all scares me. It is a very haphazard environment, as far as regs go. I have seen ppl come and get records without signing release forms, and I was even once told by the manager to fax someones records to this unknown number, just because someone called and said he was the patient's lawyer and needed them right then. I made the manager sign the fax sheet stating that I did it per her. But I still didn't like it, because I knew better. The "lawyer" could have been anyone. Anyway - I would like to just be able to DO MY JOB. Novel idea.

Thanks again all - have a great shift (and rest of the day too!!):balloons:

check at http://www.Tenneesseeanytime.org for information on how to contact TOSHA (Tennessee's OSHA). Oh, look, here's the number for the Chattanooga office (423) 634-6422.

If a facility doesn't go by the safety rules or abide by federal regulations are you certain that this is the best place for you to work?

Thanks so much, I am going to call. I don't think it is the safest place to work, not due to the fire hazards and blocked halls only, but also because of the regs that are broken every day. I don't want to be in there when the long arm comes down on them. Ooooff. :uhoh21:

thanks all